Scott Rolen - The Hall of Fame Case 

Scott Rolen shouldn't be kept out of the Hall of Fame because he wasn't a filthy stat accumulator. The man was a complete player.

When u made the post for either Rollins HOF case vs Rolen's HOD case I said it then and I'll say it again... Scott...Rolen...is...the...most...underrated...baseball...player...in...the...history...of...the...Game Damn near the Same WAR as Jeter with 4800 less PA's

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Even with counting numbers that might not seem great, hes one of only 4 third baseman with 2000h, 300hr, and 500 doubles with Brett, Chipper, and Beltre. He was an all time defender and an underrated hitter, he deserves to be in.

damn Passan even breaking trades on twitter before the platform was invented 🐐

Rolen, like so many others not in (yet), are easily HOFers. One of the best players of his era.

If Rolen gets in there is solid hope for Keith Hernandez by a later committee.

go cards! would love to see some kind of Jim Edmonds video even though his time has passed.

1 of the best arms I've ever seen!! Laser show! Roland was integral in 04-05 as well. A automatic out when hit to him! Fun to watch.

May 10th 2005. On an infield ground ball, Scott Rolen runs full speed into Dodgers first baseman Hee-Seop Choi, obliterating his shoulder. Rolen would return intermittently throughout the 2005 season, but his career was never the same. Rolen lost full range of motion in his throwing arm, and his power at the plate dropped significantly. Rolen would go on to win 2 more Gold Gloves, but offensively he never recovered. If that injury never happens, Rolen conservatively wins 11 Gold Gloves, has 375 HR's, 2,500 Hits, and a .290 career average. First ballot HOF, no question.

He's in the Hall of Fame now! (6th year on the Ballot)

whoa i totally forgot he was on the Blue Jays haha

Don't lose sight of the fact Rolen blew apart his shoulder in collision with He Sop Choi in 2005 that ended his season. If I remember right Rolen ended up having 3 surgeries on that shoulder.

No doubt HOFamer. As a Cardinals fan, I am biased. But he has 70+ WAR, great offensively, great defensively, had success in the postseason from 04-06 with Cardinal teams. Well respected guy in the league as well with no issues or allegations

Here are some I feel were very overlooked: Carlos Delgado, Kenny Lofton, Albert Belle, Paul Konerko, and Rocky Colavito.

Yes! I was doing research earlier on Scott Rolen and now I've got your Scott Rolen video. It's cool to learn about players that are great that I kinda just missed out on. I think Rolen's chances are low but I like the comparisons to Larry Walker's case. I feel like there could've been a joke thrown in there about the veteran's committee but for the most part a good, informative, and persuading video. Keep it up man, love seeing your stuff and your vids on SRS.

Great video, sir. One extra thing I'll add that I think is important is not only could Rolen be at a disadvantage due to lack of counting stats and accolades, but the Hall of Fame voting itself could end up hurting him as well... Third base is the least represented position in the Hall of Fame; only 17 of them in total and the HOF considers Paul Molitor a third baseman, although i would say he was more of a DH. Once you take out Molitor and look at the people who were voted in by the writers... that 17 turns into 7. Pie Traynor, Eddie Mathews, Brooks Robinson, George Brett, Mike Schmidt, Wade Boggs, and Chipper. That being said, if at the end of this year's vote, he sits greater than 50%, I think Scott will eventually be the 8th. Keep up the good work.

Loved him on the Blue Jays!

As a Phillies fan I can’t wait for the Rollins video

Day 5 of asking "Please do Bobby Grich - the HOF case!"

And he finally made it

Notice how every stat shown in this video Andrew Jones is ahead of Rolen. Jones also had 10 gold gloves

Congrats Scott, well deserved I think

SportStorm's baseball reference- clicked on almost every third baseman

HE’S IN!!!

There’s 263 players currently in the HOF. Only 17 of them played 3rd base. 3rd base is the least represented position in the HOF. There’s even two fewer 3rd basemen than catchers. Rolen should get in with today’s emphasis on WAR. He’s also never had any type of suspicion about juicing. The Phillies have another player who will have a similar argument to make the HOF. Chase Utley’s career numbers were badly hurt by not getting to play every day until age 26 and his knees falling apart. He never even finished higher than 7th in MVP voting. But he was probably the smartest base runner in the game and he played a very solid second base. He was a phenomenal offensive player for that position. From 2005-2009 he led all second basemen in almost every important statistic and was 2nd in the sport in rWAR in that time period. By the old voting standards he wouldn’t have a prayer. But thanks to WAR being so important players now get much more credit for being great base runners and fielders.

Bro could you do Torii Hunter hall of fame case?

rolen could have played a possilbe amount of 2754 games

Great video as always

Rolen, Wagner and Jones are the only real HoFers in my opinion for this class

A bunch of those Phillies players from that team are on the cusp. Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley, Victorino etc. even Jamie Moyer

This is an interesting case, Rolen was a good player. He was solid offensively and excellent defensively. Whenever cases like this pop up I think of Ozzie Smith, now I'm not making direct comparisons Ozzie wasn't anywhere as good as an offensive player as Rolen but Rolen wasn't as good as a defensive player as Smith, so what happens? My guess is that he doesn't make the HOF... at least not this year. There is for me a secondary issue/award he might not get as well and that is a team retiring his number. The longest stint he had with one team was the Phillies and that was 5+ seasons but that stint didn't end well. So the next viable option would be the Cardinals where he had 3+ good seasons and 1 bad but I don't see the Cardinals retiring a number for that limited service. So he loses again.

the '04 - '05 Cardinals are the best teams I've ever seen

He was elected today with 76% of the votes.

Absolutely should be in, no question

Loving these HOF case videos

Hey man I really love your content! I (and a lot of other people I think) would love to see a Hall of Fame Case on Mark Buehrle. 2005 World Series, a Perfect Game + No Hitter, 214 Wins, Stellar Defense, Incredible durability with every season that wasn't his first or last having 200+ innings pitched. I hope I make a decent case, cant wait for the next one.

I remember growing up as a Phillies fan and seeing rolen make amazing play after amazing play at 3rd base. The best defensive 3rd baseman I ever saw. As for his hof case, I'm not so sure. He is definitely known more for his glove. He did miss a lot of games throughout his career too. Time will tell. I hope he gets in one day

as a lifelong cardinals fan i am aware of this fellow

I'm here from the future to tell you he got in finally.

He's definitely not a first ballot, inner circle guy but he deserves to be in

Are you gonna make a Billy Wagner Hall of Fame case?

Fred mcgriff, Dale Murphy, Jorge posada, Don Mattingly, will Clark

Keep up the good work

Here’s why he makes it. Next to catcher 3B is the next hardest position to play. In the same breath defensively as Schmidt and Robinson. Top 5 all time is worth something. Best arm at third, excellent base runner, offensive numbers better than Ron Santo a HOFer. Plus in the middle of Bonds Sosa Clemens, and Schilling being removed Scott Rolen did it right, gave his shoulder to the game without complaint so sometimes the good guy gets rewarded. Also I have his game worn spikes signed from his rookie season. ROY season. Live in Philly, bought them at the Phillies ALS auction. I’m actually trying to give them back to him if he does make it. Or maybe donate them to Cooperstown.

Absolutely amazing to watch play third. Dude was built like a Linebacker but moved like a ballerina, had a rocket arm and never bounced a ball to first.

Great video. I think Rolen is in line with guys like Robin Ventura, Matt Williams and current Zimmerman and Longoria. All good players but I don’t think HOF.

I’m glad he made the Hall of Fame

70 war and 855 career ops with injury plagued career is pretty impressive

Bro I LOVE your channel. How do you think the Padres chances to win it all have changed since the trades?

He did it, the guy I was named after

Do McGriff next.

Do you take requests? I really think Jose Rijo is the most underrated pitcher in MLB history. I understand he wasn't that dominant as Maddux or Pedro, and yes his prime was shortened by the injury, but still, he deserves much more attention.

I don’t really count on MVPs for players in the early 2000s because it's not like they're all gonna hit 70 bombs annually

Im wondering why you skipped over looking at Paul Molitors info stats by not clicking his name. An underrated HOFer imo.

Can you do a hall of fame case for Mark Teixeira? He’s on the ballot next year

Defense wins games Wake up MLB

Would love to see a video about Dustin Pedroia (No i don't think he has a HoF case, but he has an interesting career imo)

Finally!!!

Albert Belle was a great hitter should get some consideration for the hall of fame.

It's nice to see Scott Rolen finally gain some traction.

I think should do Mad Bum. I think it would be very interesting

Wow Bonds, Clemens, and Schilling are so close

Who’s here after he got in

Do the Laytroy Hawkins hof case

I don't care about the Hall of Fame but I can honestly say he was a superb 3rd baseman like few others. Out of the guys I watched everyday for entire seasons , only Buddy Bell was as good on 3rd base defense as Rolen .

Funny how these days third base in the new first base in terms of elite hitter.

lets gooo

Garvey, Whitaker, Murphy, Lofton, Concepcion, and Gil Hodges......... Please?!

I know you mainly do baseball HOF cases, but you opened the field to other sports in your first video. So how about Patrick Marleau? He's borderline HoF and definitely an interesting player, despite his reputation in the playoffs

Who’s here after Scott Rolen got elected to the HOF?

Can u do one for mark buerhle or paul konerko

Hi, do you take requests? Can you do Trout? Is Trout that special? Well, I know sabermetrics and I know how good his WAR is, but how good is he actually compared to the other GOATs? His career BA is already starting to go under 300. He hasn't won any major batting titles. His best season was his rookie year or his second, and his MVP was an elimination. There are people spending thousands of dollars on his rookie cards, for a man that hasn't actually achieved anything at this point. Is he worth that hype?

I loved Scott Rolen

Put Rolen Rolen Rolen Rolen in. Put Rolen Rolen Rolen Rolen in (Sung to the tune of Rollin' by Limp Bizkit)

Can you do John Franco or Keith Hernandez

Can you do Juan Gonzalez Dale Murphy Joe Carter Jose Canseco

Always liked Scott rolen

PA IMO reference the team ability to generate appearances.

Is this the same content creator who does company man?

Rolen is a sure fire HoFer

The Bigs was the best game. Threw me back

They had twitter in 2002?

Keith Hernandez should be a hall of famer

Playing his first several seasons at Vet Stadium, it's no surprise he had durability issues. He played too hard to last in that place.

given Rolen's rate of increase he's gonna make it

It's always difficult for amazing defenders to get in even if their offense isn't bad.

You should do mike trout

Edmonds?

rolen was a monster, 6'4 240 pounds

I think Rolen falls into the Hall of Very Good unfortunately...because I liked him despite the fact that he played for the Cardinals and the Phillies two rivals of my Mets.

Based on this video, Nolan Arnado is just the reincarnation of Scott Rolen. So in short... 100% a HOF.

When you look at the numbers a healthy career of Rolen is probably top 5 all time at 3rd base.

do matt moore pls

ive got a butterfly effect for you.... how d-lo exposing nick young led to the nets superteam

It would take few more years to determine whether Rolen's legacy will end up in Cooperstown.

That damn Hee-Seop Choi

disagree with your outcome but thumbs up on the video

So what about players like Bobby Bonilla and Bernie Williams who have almost the same stats as Scott Rolen ? If just a little over 300 career Homeruns, 2,000 career Hits , 1,000 runs and 1,100 RBIs is Great than let's put all the other retired players and future players in with the same just above average stats in the Hall of Fame ! Utterly Ridiculous ! He got in because he was favored

Above average player for his career? HE HAS A 70 CAREER WAR